The Release Candidated includes installable live Desktop CDs, server images, alternate text-mode installation CDs and an upgrade wizard for users of the current stable release. The release announcement can be found here.

The final version of Ubuntu 6.06 LTS is expected to be released in early June. At that time, pressed CDs will be mailed free of charge to people who have made a request to one of the Shipit services. This is the first release with Shipit CDs available for Kubuntu and Edubuntu.

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[...] The release of Ubuntu 6.06 LTS is round the corner, expected to be any time this week. If you have been using Ubuntu before, you will be glad to know they provide free CD shipping to users all around the world, whoever requests for it. [...]

[...] Just three months after the explosive release of Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Long Term Support), Colin Watson has announced an updated version, Ubuntu 6.06.1, with more than 300 bug and fixes over the original release of Dapper Drake. [...]